Safety locking device for auto hoods



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5. s. LAW ET AL SAFETY LOCKING DEVICE FOR AUTO HOODS Filed March 3.927

SSTL-aw 4-J6L0O&80m A lNVENTOR 4 $4M BY my NITNESS: I ATTORNEY Another object of the invention is to pro vide a lock and fastening device for motor hoods tor vehicles and the like that is extreineiy simple in construction, strong and sturdy,i'easonably inexpensive in manufacand will securely hold a hood in operposition with the result that it will prevent rattling thereof.

To the attainment of the above broadly stated objects and others which will present themselves as the nature of the invention is better understood, the improvement also consists in certain other novel features of construction, combination and operative association oi parts, a satisfactory embodiment of which is. disclosed by the accompanying drawings.

the drawings:

Figure l is a fragmentary view of a motor vehic le and showing our novel hood lock and iine 4-4 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawin s in detail, the letter A indicates a vehice hood, B the frame of the vehicle, and C the floor board thereof.

Secured to each side member of the frame it and preierabl to the lower flan e there out, as shown in l igure 4, are guide earings, each oi which include a body 1 provided with ntrally disposed preferably square opena is 2 riveted or otherwise xed to the non e above set forth.

T ese guide bearings are disposed in aligned pairs as suggested in Figure 1 and receive slidabie rods 3 and 4, square in cross stening means in applied and locked posiand extending from the bod are spaced rare v"r {)FFICEL rum ARTH'U'B JQGOBSEPN, PF GCELEELQPQLIS, "EENNEWLVANZEM F31 IZLGGKING DEVIGE "330R. QWllt') 33190138,

iiication filed Ifttarch i, 1923?. Serial lilo. 12 233366.

section to correspond to the openings or the guide bearings and each of said rods needed pin secured to and extending the inner end thereof and received in slots 5 formed in the lower ends arms 6 e nding at right angles and depending, in parallelism from the ends of a cross rod 7. 'l he arrest are each provided with an opening 8 intermediate their ends for receiving means 9 such as a bolt and nut connection,

for pivotally securing the device to the frame 3 as suggested in Figure 1 of the drawings.

The free ends of the rods 3 and 4e are bent at right angles upon themselves to provide uprights l0 terminating; in' inwardly bent tapered ends 11. Secured to the inner sides or the hood-in the path of the tapered ends ll are bearing blocks 1% provided with elongated openings to'receive the tapered ends 11 for securely holding the hood in closed position, as clearly shown in Figure 1 of the drawings.

I l'n order to lock the device in operative, position, we provide a lock casing 13 having any well known lrey uctuatedlock mechanism arranged therein and a bolt 14 which is provided with a keeper or notch 15 formed in a plate 16 secured to the frame, and said loch casing is secured to the shank 17 of a foot pedal 18 arranged in convenient reach oi. the operator of the vehicle equipped with our device and in order to accomplish this arrangement, the shank is secured to one of the arms ti and assed through and is pivoted in a slot 19 ormed in the floor board The uprights 10 are provided with an opening 20 to receive one end of coil springs 21 which have their opposite ends suitably secured to the frame an are adapted to dispose the device to open, position, upon releasng the lock and pressing upon the foot pedal 18. 1

it is thought from the foregoing description that the advantagesand novel features of the invention will be readily a parent- We desire it to be understood tat we may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall with in the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, claim In a locking means for a motor vehicle hood, guide bearings secured to the frame of till the vehicle, rods mounted for slidable movesecured, a plate having a notch therein and ment in said bearings, means secured to said being fixed to the frame and a key actuated hood and adapted to receive one of the ends locking mechanism secured to said shank of said rods for securing the hood in closed and including a bolt cooperating with said I position, a cross rod transversing the frame, notch to prevent movement of the said pedal 1i arms arranged in parallelism and depending in one direction. from the ends of the cross rod and being n t stimony w reo e a x our s gnapivotally secured to said frame and the rods tures. first mentioned, a pedal including a shank SANFORD S. LAW.

0 fixed to one of the arms and being pivotally ARTHUR J AGOBSON. 

